on change and same

November 09, 2008
Candace Morris
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i woke up in california today.i had an all too short [but tragically overdue] visit with my bffs...steven and karen dunlap.recap.let me set the scene for you.20 yr old candace meets18 yr old friends steven and karen (though they met about 2 months before i met them).instant connection with both of them.k and s accidentally and unknowingly fall in love.steve leaves for a semester.karen loves steve.steve loves karen.

candace knows all.candace tells none.fast forward two years to candace as the maid of honor in a beautiful wedding.

kbl and sdd taught me this:1. how to be a child again.2. how to laugh.3. how to not take myself so seriously.4. how to begin to take myself seriously...with the men. :)

i realized this weekend that ten years ago they planted a seed in me that is just now beginning to bear fruit...luscious, drippy, sickeningly sweet fruit. it's a fruit i call my wee-child inside.

i left seattle tortured by the demon of transition and the unknown.but i returned knowing that despite the changes swirling around us,nothing much changes. [how badly i needed this caveat of wisdom!]

at least not with steve's old soul,and karen's all-you-can-eat buffet of kindness.[and with the anticipation of their baby girl, i cannot see that pairing going sour, rest assured my sweet worry worm.]